Genome of
                    <i>Rhodnius prolixus</i>
                    , an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

D. Mesquita, Rafael; J. Vionette-Amaral, Raquel; Lowenberger, Carl; Rivera-Pomar, Rolando; A. Monteiro, Fernando; Minx, Patrick; Spieth, John; Bernardo Carvalho, A.; Panzera, Francisco; Lawson, Daniel; Q. Torres, André; M. C. Ribeiro, Jose; H. F. Sorgine, Marcos; M. Waterhouse, Robert; J. Montague, Michael; Abad-Franch, Fernando; Alves-Bezerra, Michele; R. Amaral, Laurence; M. Araujo, Helena; N. Araujo, Ricardo; Aravind, L.; C. Atella, Georgia; Azambuja, Patricia; Berni, Mateus; R. Bittencourt-Cunha, Paula; R. C. Braz, Gloria; Calderón-Fernández, Gustavo; M. A. Carareto, Claudia; B. Christensen, Mikkel; R. Costa, Igor; G. Costa, Samara; Dansa, Marilvia; R. O. Daumas-Filho, Carlos; F. De-Paula, Iron; A. Dias, Felipe; Dimopoulos, George; J. Emrich, Scott; Esponda-Behrens, Natalia; Fampa, Patricia; D. Fernandez-Medina, Rita; N. da Fonseca, Rodrigo; Fontenele, Marcio; Fronick, Catrina; A. Fulton, Lucinda; Caroline Gandara, Ana; S. Garcia, Eloi; A. Genta, Fernando; I. Giraldo-Calderón, Gloria; Gomes, Bruno; C. Gondim, Katia; Granzotto, Adriana; A. Guarneri, Alessandra; Guigó, Roderic; Harry, Myriam; S. T. Hughes, Daniel; Jablonka, Willy; Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle; Patricia Juárez, M.; B. Koerich, Leonardo; B. Lange, Angela; Manuel Latorre-Estivalis, José; Lavore, Andrés; G. Lawrence, Gena; Lazoski, Cristiano; R. Lazzari, Claudio; R. Lopes, Raphael; G. Lorenzo, Marcelo; D. Lugon, Magda; Majerowicz, David; L. Marcet, Paula; Mariotti, Marco; Masuda, Hatisaburo; Megy, Karine; C. A. Melo, Ana; Missirlis, Fanis; Mota, Theo; G. Noriega, Fernando; Nouzova, Marcela; D. Nunes, Rodrigo; L. L. Oliveira, Raquel; Oliveira-Silveira, Gilbert; Ons, Sheila; Orchard, Ian; Pagola, Lucia; O. Paiva-Silva, Gabriela; Pascual, Agustina; G. Pavan, Marcio; Pedrini, Nicolás; A. Peixoto, Alexandre; H. Pereira, Marcos; Pike, Andrew; Polycarpo, Carla; Prosdocimi, Francisco; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Rodrigo; M. Robertson, Hugh; Paula Salerno, Ana; Salmon, Didier; Santesmasses, Didac; Schama, Renata; S. Seabra-Junior, Eloy; Silva-Cardoso, Livia; A. C. Silva-Neto, Mario; Souza-Gomes, Matheus; Sterkel, Marcos; L. Taracena, Mabel; Tojo, Marta; Jake Tu, Zhijian; M. C. Tubio, Jose; Ursic-Bedoya, Raul; M. Venancio, Thiago; Beatriz Walter-Nuno, Ana; Wilson, Derek; C. Warren, Wesley; K. Wilson, Richard; Huebner, Erwin; M. Dotson, Ellen; L. Oliveira, Pedro

doi:10.1073/pnas.1506226112

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Genome of Rhodnius prolixus , an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

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Authors:

Rafael D. Mesquita

Raquel J. Vionette-Amaral

Carl Lowenberger

Abstract

Significance Rhodnius prolixus is a major vector of Chagas disease, an illness caused by Trypanosoma cruzi which affects approximately 7 million people worldwide. This report describes the first genome sequence of a nondipteran insect vector of an important human parasitic disease. This insect has a...

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